People v. Sanchez

On application by defendant after our decision herein-. (People v. Sanchez (1967) 65 Cal.2d 814 [56 Cal.Rptr. 648, 423 P.2d 800]), we granted his petition to recall the remittitur and vacated the decision wherein we had affirmed a judgment imposing the death penalty for a violation of Penal Code section 4500 (assault with deadly weapon by an inmate of a state prison undergoing a life sentence).1 We took such action because the appellate record on which we had reviewed the trial proceedings was incomplete2 in a re*565spect which is critical to our determination as to whether defendant’s…